Text Messaging Update

Text Messaging was introduced by Ask a Librarian on October 25th with little fanfare for the users. While all of us, were training, creating scripts and otherwise preparing – we expected initial growth to be slow and did little promotion for this new service...

June Exemplary Reference Awards

The Quality Assurance Workgroup has been hard at work and has awarded the following transcripts for June Exemplary Reference Awards. Transcripts were awarded in three categories: Best Detailed Chat, Best Brief Chat, and Best Teaching Chat. The three winning...

November Statistics

Once again, Ask a Librarian experienced a record month! 5,255 Live Chat Sessions (an 6% increase from last November) 1,352 Email Sessions (a 25% increase from last November) 566 text messages (our first complete month of texting!) Summary report for the state: AAL...

Online Workshops

Workshop Date Time Format Site Coordinator Training: KnowledgeBase and Portal Page Editing 11/30/2010 3:00 – 3:30 ET On-Line Hot Topics: Ask a Librarian Statistics 12/01/2010 1:30 – 3:00 ET On-Line Online Resources Inside the Agent Console: Ask a Librarian...

Holidays & Academic Desk Closings

In observance of the Thanksgiving holiday, Ask a Librarian will close at 5 pm Wednesday, November 24, and remain closed on Thursday, November 25 and Friday, November 26.  We will reopen on Saturday, November 27. Also, as in previous years, the Academic Desk will be...

Online Training: Homework Help Using FEL Resources

The Florida Electronic Library—your gateway to superior electronic resources that offer access to comprehensive, accurate, and reliable information—offers a training program designed to meet the needs of all library staff. With its blended curriculum, you can take...

October Statistics

Wow! What a month. Ask a Librarian had 7,050 sessions in October.  5591 live chat sessions, 1310 email sessions and 149 text sessions! – Yes, 149 text messages in one week! I will have a second post next week with some analysis of our use.   Here are the summary...